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Topic: Spring loaded tilt back stand..... |
Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 21 May 2023 4:51 pm |
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| Does anyone know where I could purchase a spring loaded tilt back similar to what Evans used to put on some of their amps? I've searched the web with no luck so far. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 22 May 2023 2:01 am
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| Thanks to both of you! |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 25 May 2023 2:10 pm
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Wow! How did you two get that from' spring loaded tilt back stand'?
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 25 May 2023 2:40 pm
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| Please excuse me for not knowing how describe it correctly. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 25 May 2023 3:38 pm
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A fellow Forumite sent me one of those a few years ago.
He performed surgery on it so the handle would swing out a little bit further (farther?), making it more stable.
~Lee |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 4 Jun 2023 6:41 am
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Lee, further or farther. Both are perfectly good English. No wonder the dictionary's so fat.
Spring-loaded anything makes me nervous. How far will the amp travel if this device malfunctions?
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Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2023 8:31 am
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| If the spring breaks, the worst would be the handle dangling when you carry it. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 4 Jun 2023 12:32 pm
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FWIW, here's a shot of one in use on an Evan's cab. You pull it out toward the front and sit the amp down on it. The weight of the amp holds it in place. The spring pulls it back flat when you lift the amp.
If the spring breaks, it will just flop around...nothing to hold it out/up/whatever.
Either way, mounted as a carry handle or a tilt back device, you can still use it, it just won't go back flush when released. |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2023 4:13 pm
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Aaah! Now I get what you're talking about. Cool idea. Mike, I apologise. You described it perfectly. The angle probably wouldn't be enough for the steel player to hear himself though. I recently put my amp up on an amp stand and for the first time ever, I can hear myself. BTW, I feel it made me play better. RP
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 5 Jun 2023 5:45 pm
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It works just fine. It does several things....it's about 3 inches, enough tilt to let you hear the speaker better. You might be surprised how much it helps there. It angles the cabinet about right so that it gets in the vocal mics....a plus if you're not mic'ed to the house.
It also keeps the amp/cab in contact with the floor which equates to more volume and low end. Whether that works for a player depends on one's own personal bent.
It's built in so you don't have another piece to tote like an amp stand and costs a fraction of a mic stand. |
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Carey Hofer
From:
South Dakota, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2023 3:24 pm
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| Great idea but . . . I bought the Reliable Hardware model for my Marsh Clifton (Deluxe Reverb). Even though I had the bracket as far forward as I could, the center of gravity wasn't right. Tha amp tips backward and won't stay upright. I will try it on my Princeton, maybe that will work better. |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2023 6:25 pm
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Carey, you need to design an outrigger that sticks out,towards you, from the top of your amp with a drink holder on the end. 
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Emmons SKH Le Grande, '73 Fender P/J bass, Tick tack bass, Regal high strung, USA Nashville 112. |
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